Commonplace book, containing verse and prose in various hands, possibly including Charles Sackville and Charles Sedley, possibly copied from John Oldham and John Wilmot Earl of Rochester, satirizing religion, marriage, and love-making, in Oxford in the late 17th century; together with various astrological charts and graphs at end.

English antiquary and collector. Phillipps began collecting while at Rugby School and Oxford. On inheriting his father's estate at Middle Hill in Worcestershire, he embarked on a career of collecting manuscripts and books. Phillipps's manuscript collection eventually numbered over 60,000 items. He established the Middle Hill Press on his estate to print a number of these manuscripts. His keen interest in genealogy led him to collect and print manuscripts of a number of heraldic visitations.
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